Speckled People

Name: Speckled People
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ISBN: 9781408171189

ISBN-10: 140817118X

ISBN-13: 9781408171189

Edition: 2011

Authors: Hugo Hamilton

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Adapted for the stage from the best-selling memoir, The Speckled Peopletells a profoundly moving story of a young boy trapped in a language war. Set in 1950s Ireland, this is a gripping, poignant, and at times very funny family drama of homesickness, control and identity.As a young boy, Hugo Hamilton struggles with what it means to be speckled, "half and half… Irish on top and German below."An idealistic Irish father enforces his cultural crusade by forbidding his son to speak English while his German mother tries to rescue him with her warm-hearted humour and uplifting industry. The boy must free himself from his father and from bullies on the street who persecute him with taunts…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 10/4/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 5.06" wide x 7.81" long x 0.19" tall
Weight: 0.220
Language: English

Hugo Hamilton was born and grew up in Dublin. He is the author of six highly acclaimed novels: 'Surrogate City', 'The Last Shot' and 'The Love Test' (Faber); 'Headbanger' and 'Sad Bastard' (Secker); one collection of short stories; and the internationally acclaimed memoir, 'The Speckled People'.